Hale, Hale, The Gang's All Here East Haddam (Google Maps Location) June 9, 2007 There are at least four, yes four, separate and distinct museums in Connecticut honoring Nathan Hale. Two schoolhouses in which he taught (New London and East Haddam), one homestead (Coventry), and one fort (New Haven). This is all … [Read more...]
Cedar Hill Cemetery
I Got My Thrill, at Cedar Hill Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford & Wethersfield June 9, 2007 This page does not do Cedar Hill justice. There are so many luminaries buried here and so many stunning monuments, but in 2007 I just didn't have the ability to capture it properly. Still, it's worth reading. The … [Read more...]
Pratt House Museum
Another Museum To Prattle On About Essex (Google Maps Location) June 2, 2007 Flashback to October 20, 2006: Essex, CT on our way to the Connecticut River Museum; "We also passed the Pratt House, another museum in town - but it was closed." Flashback to December 10, 2006: Essex, CT on our way back to the … [Read more...]
Hawaii: Mauna Kea
Highpoint # 6 Mauna Kea, 13,796 Feet June 4, 2003 After bagging 5 northeastern highpoints in 2002, it was time for us to get a big one. I needed a good excuse to convince Hoang to go to Hawaii (let alone to a desolate, cold, Martian-like mountain top), so I started planning way back in the summer of 2001 and … [Read more...]
New Hampshire: Mt. Washington
Mount Washington New Hampshire Highpoint, 6,288 Feet August 23, 2002 #1 on NEHH #1 on NE111 #1 on NH48 #1 on NE67 #1 on NEFF #18 on US State Highpoints List 2018 Note: Here’s the deal. I’ve hiked Washington... lemme think... five times. This report as it now reads was from my fifth climb of it, with … [Read more...]
Delaware: Ebright Azimuth
Dela-Where? Ebright Azimuth, 447.5 Feet July 2002, June 2009, June 2017 2017 Update: I’ve visited the mighty Delaware highpoint 3 times now: In 2002 with Hoang, in 2009 with Hoang and Damian, and in 2017 with Calvin. It is that important. I will try to weave the three separate visits together, using mostly the … [Read more...]
Massachusetts: Mt. Greylock
Locked Mount Greylock, 3,491 Feet June 29, 2002 #17 on NE 50 Finest List Herman Melville... Nathaniel Hawthorne... Stephen Crane... Emily Dickinson... Me. Perhaps not - but Mt. Greylock has inspired me to write this report, which, althought not quite "Moby Dick," it will have to suffice. I mention these … [Read more...]
New Jersey: High Point
So Creative, New Jersey High Point State Park, 1,803 Feet April 21, 2002 40th on the US State Highpoint List (Me: 2/51; Hoang: 2/51) Half the fun of highpointing for me is all the planning that leads up to the actual climb. After the delirious excitement of Jerimoth Hill, I could hardly wait to lead … [Read more...]
Rhode Island: Jerimoth Hill
So Nice I Hiked it Thrice Jerimoth Hill, 812 Feet February 2002, July 2011, August 2017 46th on the US State Highpoint List (Me: 1/51; Hoang: 1/51; Damian 1/51; Calvin: 2/51) 2017 Update: I’ve visited the mighty Rhode Island highpoint 3 times now: In 2002 with Hoang, in 2011 with Hoang and Damian, and in 2017 … [Read more...]
Hamburger Sandwich at Louis’ Lunch
America's First Coronary Disease Louis' Lunch, New Haven 2016 Update: This page was written before I embarked on the odyssey to eat the entire Roadfood list. It was written because Louis' Lunch is an important Connecticut icon in and of itself. It was also written in 2007 when I was much younger and … [Read more...]
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